My last concert in the Netherlands before emigrating to Spain. He is my musical hero since I was 19 years in 1970. This guy isn't about elaborate chord progressions, unconventional time signatures or complex melodies. He hits the RIGHT notes that resonate in your soul.

I was there. It's still the best ever. The sublime. Midsummer night in Rotterdam. You cannot come closer to the perfection of interpret a song of grief, pain and pure beauty in twenty-two minutes and seconds, except Neil. No Mercy. He burnt down Ahoy, slowly and with passion. Thank you, Neil Young and Crazy Horse!

This song found me during 2021 -- after some time that I probably needed it most. At least I'm here.

The greatest song ever written in my humble opinion. Neil has an amazing gift of being able to say more with a guitar than he ever could with words.

Christ almighty! 9 mins and 24 seconds before Neil cuts into the lyrics. Love this version!!! I believe it was 1996 when I saw Neil and Crazy Horse, and he played Cortez, very close to this lengthy version. That show I saw, Neil wore his boxer shorts with a t-shirt ( underwear). I still have a laugh looking back on that evening, but what a show it was. It was so perfect! To see Neil with Crazy Horse is an amazing feeling I'll never forget. They're so in sync with eachother, it nearly made me cry from disbelief. I was right in front.

Transcendental Neil at his best. I love how every song Neil and Crazy Horse play, they play it as if it is the last time they are ever going to do it. It's as if they don't want that song to stop, or not until they've given their all to every possible component to exploring and uncovering the fullness of the song and it's absolute integrity...... and the precision of their sound as they weave and build and explore....... and the emotive power of the notes and lyrics; just mindbendingly awesome. It's a travesty that this sublime performance of Cortez is only 22 minutes.......

I'll say it again, this version is just sublime; totally mesmerising, absorbing and transcendental.

Crazy to think Neil wrote this song at 15 years of age after hearing the story in history class. 15 yo and writing tunes like this. A legend

I had the utmost luck of being there and witness the most mindblowing performance of a Neil-song ever. He just kept going on and on and on. the other bandmembers were looking at each other in disbelief but kept supporting him. Neil was totaly in another place. A good one mind you. It was an unbelievable experience.

At 62 years old played his musicf. For. 40 years what. A legend never stop playing. Danny. T

The 7 people who thumbs downed this are beyond help. Feel sorry for them. They lack a soul.

Proof God exists and has blessed this man with unbelievable talent, which we all get to enjoy. A true masterpiece created by Mr. Young.

Neil is begetter than ALL!! Could listen to this over and over !!

I really appreciate you guys who were there or who share your early experience with the Zuma album. I came to love Neil's work 20 years or so ago and this is the absolute best song written and performed by arguably the best singer songwriter of the 20th century also happens to be one of the best rock guitarists if the 20th century. The interpretations in the performance of this song were built in from the beginning and I will agree that this is the best interpretation of the song of his own creation. I'm a sculptor and as I see it the absence of or negative space of a thing nay be more important than the space anything fills. That's why 22 minutes feels too short when 7 or 11 was too short but was perfect as well.

Nobody , I mean nobody plays a song for 20+ minutes and you think, this could keep going and id enjoy it . This is a masterpiece and could play the rhythm, the riff, the song an hour and it would be great

i 'v been looking for the longest-version for a long time now my thanks goes the uploader and neil and crazy horse i can now sit back take sip of fire-water and enjoy the magic of a true lengend.....from a native american indian.mondo-video

Cortez the Killer is an astounding piece of modern art. Even Hernan Cortez would approve

I defy you to find a better version of this song, epic 22 minutes. Just perfection. Could listen to this every day

I can just imagine Carlos Santana and Neil Young jamming Cortez together for many hours...

He need to write part 2 of this song, thank you Neil Young.

Absolument incroyable ... Il n'y a pas de mot pour qualifier ça.

BEAUTYFUL SONG

This body of work got Neil into the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. There may be better ax players, but none more passionate.

Went to a Neil Young concert. He didn't play Cortez the Killer. This means I have to go to another concert.

Beautiful opening. Wonderful song... thanks for posting.

I can live day and night within this song, and it will be more exciting than a mundane real life.

Very great version. Thanks. I think, it's the longest version, I've ever heard, too. Beautiful !

Thankxx Christopher,..22'min ;-) cool!

Beautiful Ballad about a sad time for the Native Americans...it is said they greeted the Europeans with open hearts....

fantastic - many many thanx for sharing this

Absolute masterpiece of rock music

I went to the moon, and back. Thank You Neil. Those bars in Rotterdam are pretty good. I could hear, one hour of it.

Brilliant just brilliant

This is so awesomely beautiful! I was one of the lucky witnesses that night.

IT'S all about the intro ☆☆☆♡¥✌Neil Young!,on the shore lay Montezuma ..

The best guitarists in the world- clapton, page, gilmor even hendrix can't do what NEIL YOUNG doing with he's guitar! The guitar is just another limb for this man. Most greatest musician in the whole world. P.S- mind that he was 56 years old & after he's stroke, when he did that thing on stage!!!

EPIC VERSION !!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Thanks for posting - enthralled from the beginning.

WOW!!! That's all I can say.

Bought "Zuma" in '76, wore it out playing this track. His discriptive lyrics of Central American Indians have echoed for decades within my mind...eerily floating along on those melodies...cutting to the bone just as Cortez did. My impression of the song's ending verse has been Neil penned the lyrics to suggest he "lost his way" as in he was killed by Cortez and has been viewing his love from beyond...knowing she's still waiting there. Anyone else interpret it similarly.

soul burning, spacey Neil and Crazy Horse at their best.........so good with wine

can't get it out of my voice inside my head

Know matter how bad a day u had just listing to this makes u forget thanks NEIL.

Brings me to tears.

Holy Fuck , this is Great Music

I saw just Neil and some guitars at Red Rocks in the late 90eez and I still haven't recovered.....I don't think I ever will.

BRILLIANT

Immense! other posters talk about technique,just sit back and enjoy the music

beautiful !!!! my pref Neil's song

This is an amazing performance.

i was there !!! flipped my brains out.

love u neil

🌿🌱💛💚🧡❤️💜💓💖🌷🌺🌸🏵️🕯️ super moment

for me,this song and comfortably numb from pink floyd the best solo ever

Wonderful !!!!

Too short!!

Wow. Amazing. Neil @ 51!!

awesome!! love u neil n the horse!!

do not ever underestimate youngs guitrar capabilities ever

thanks for you song

I was also reminded he wrote this song and sings it. My bad. Love Neil-

Incredible

Corri come un cavallo pazzo con la tua chitarra e ci fai impazzire anche a noi ❤

Play F*cking LOUD- Bob Dylan 1966

It's pretty close to the best Cortez ever; it's certainly one of the longest.

la grande classe M NEIL YOUNG !!!!!!!!!!

ALL ONE LOL! Yes, not long enough this song. Today "Crazy Horse" the lakota was died 135 years ago!

Ik was erbij , elke keer !

What a song....Epic Shit Right Here

Canadian legend so profound

Un believable song and band Cortez the Klller

This should have been on one of those gold Voyager records. Beings on Alpha Centauri could have played that shit. And wondered why it was like, 20plus minutes, man.

You still can't beat the studio version off of Zuma which was essentially a live recording. Sometimes a song is like a snapshot frozen in time which can never be duplicated. Just as DangerBird was. That song was pure magic which has never come close to being performed as well live anywhere even though it was also recorded live in the living room of a rented house on Zuma Beach.

I was there!

Best Cortez ever?

I weep know................................................................................................................................can you feel it.....................................................................................................please. an God...............................................................................im sorry for my crimes..............................................ive listened and played..................................13 effective years and im 44 years old,.....................from norway......................im on a rehab for my heroin addiction............................now im quitting .........................................................help me god

faking brilliant nice one neil

Too short

maldito Cortéz, cuánto daño nos hizo

What a killer.

make it longer neil....

god bless you neil god bless you david chosen one see you soon i miss yoy every day i cant wait to leave this world and be together agin they wont let black unicorn happen have no reason to stay forgive them for they know what they doo

Neil Young says more with one note than all those technical bullshit shredders do with a hundred pointless notes a second

Ce live ! !!

Only great

as a new Neil Young Fan, I found out about him after watching Oasis play one of his songs (hey hey my me) and I need some help... which are your favorite Neil Young songs... so far I obviously like hey hey my my, old man, heart of gold, cortez the killer (my favorite) but I 'd like 4 or 5 more recommendations...

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Wizard

Sorry, but Neils words are mostly superb as well

Not long enough ha

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140’

Great, but not the greatest. A different class. Ten Years After wrote the best. Better than Zepplin, Standing At The Station has it all.

This is not Neil just something is Rotten